Turner International keen to expand in Malaysia
US-based Turner International LLC, with over US$40 million (RM170.
Ridgewood’s phase one sees 73% take-up rate
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Phase one of Hua Yang Bhd’s Ridgewood project, comprising 84 units of 3-storey cluster semi-detached houses and six units of 3-storey bungalows, has enjoyed a 73% take-up rate, said assistant general manager Tony Ng in a press release today.
Penang sets up sub-committee to ensure recommendations on disasters are obeyed
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 3): The Penang government has set up a sub-committee to execute the decisions of the State Commission of Enquiry into the 2013 Second Penang Bridge and Menara Umno disasters.
Penang insists hotels have correct permits or face consequences
GEORGE TOWN (Oct 3): Penang island authorities will continue to clamp down on illegal hotel owners, if they still continue to ignore the order to submit applications to get temporary permits, local government exco Chow Kon Yeow said yesterday.
Reinstatement of DIBS for first-time homeowners?
Property sector Maintain overweight with buy calls on Mah Sing Group Bhd, Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd, Eastern & Oriental Bhd and Titijaya Land Bhd: The Edge weekly reported that the federal government is considering a proposal by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) to relax lending guidelines to boost first-home ownership.
Spreading the green message
THE number of sustainable and green developments in Malaysia has been increasing over the past few years.
PROPERTY SNAPSHOT 2: What’s affordable in Shah Alam?
This is the second in a series of four snapshots on Shah Alam.
Rising, falling, rising? Market observations for the first half of 2015
MALAYSIA: OVERALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MARKET There was an overall contraction of the Malaysian residential property market in the first half of this year (1Q2015) compared with 1Q2014, according to figures released by the National Property Information Centre (Napic).
Penang Commission of Inquiry issues damning report on fatal structural collapses
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 2): The fatal Second Penang Bridge scaffold collapse and the Menara Umno fin wall collapse in June 2013 could and should had been prevented if “gross human errors were not committed”, said a Penang Commission of Inquiry report on the two incidents.
Negeri Sembilan hands out friendly reminders to households not separating waste
SEREMBAN (Nov 2): Negeri Sembilan has politely reminded 592 households that they need to comply with state waste separation requirements, according to Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government committee chairman Datuk Jalaluddin Alias.
